Improvement in combined measure and tunnel



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JOSEPH FANYON, OF PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND.

Letters Patent No. 89,569, dated May 4, 1869.

IMPROVEIVIBNT IN COMBINED MEASURE AND .'E'UNNEL.

The Schedule referred -to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

To all whom. fit may concern:

Be it known that I, Dr. JOSEPH FANYON, of Providence, in the county of Providence, and in the State of Rhode Island, have 'invented ce1-tain new and useful Improvements in Combined Funnel and Measure; and do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

The nature of my invention consists in the construction of a funnel and measure combined, for the purpose of measuring liquids, and turning them out from the top or letting them out from the bottom, which avoids the use of a separate funnel and measure.

Inorder to enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I will now proceed to describe its construction and operation, referring to the annexed drawings, which form a part of this specication, and in which- Figure l is a side view with section ofthe tube enclosing a rod for working the faucet.

. Figure 2 is a section ofthe faucet.

A representsa vessel, of tin or other suitable ma terial, resting ou legs B B, and provided with a concave bottom, in the centre of which is an opening.

In this opening a faucet, C, made in any of the known and usual ways, is inserted. y

The vessel' A is provided with an oblong pice of glass, a, which is placed vertically in a groove or slot on its side, extending from top to bottom, and the ou t side of the vessel, near said glass, is graduated, so that any quantity -may easily be measured therein.

On the inside of the vessel from near the handle D, a tube, b, extends down through a hole in the bottom. Said tube encloses a rod, c, which is connected at its lower end below the concave bottom ofthe vessel, with an arm of the faucet C, so that bypressing the rod c down, the faucet opens, and when the pressure on the rod is removed, a spring, d, inside of said tube, and around the rod o, springs it up again and closes or shuts the faucet.

Near the top of the rod c is anotch, e, which catches in` the top of the tube b,t when said rod is pressed down, by means of a spring, f, placed on the other side of the rod inside of the tube.

' AThe rod is easily uuhooked from this catch to close the faucet.

The upper edge of the vessel is also provided with a rim or spout, E, for pouring out the liquids.

Havingv thus fully described my invention,

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-v Ihe arrangement of the graduated funnel A, transparent plate a, faucet C, hollow tube b, notched rod c,

and springs d and f, all substantially as herein shown and described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing, I have hereuuto set my hand, this 18th day of June, 1868.

DR. JOSEPH FANYON.

Witnesses:

SIMON S. LAPHAM, O. S. DroKEBsoN. 

